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Tricitynews
Chandigarh 25th July:- The Punjab Government under the
visionary leadership of the Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh is fully
committed to provide better travelling facilities to the people of the state
and it is in keeping with this mission that the Punjab Roadways/Punbus would
add 333 ordinary and 31 super integral AC Volvo buses to its fleet by September
2018. This was disclosed by the Transport Minister, Punjab, Aruna Chaudhary here today while interacting
with the mediapersons after flagging off 10 AC Volvo as well as 4 ordinary
buses from the Baba Banda Singh Bahadur ISBT during the first phase.
Aruna
Chaudhary said that at present the fleet of Punjab Roadways/Punbus is equipped
with 1844 buses including 1810 ordinary and 34 super integral coach AC buses.
The minister said that the project of addition of the new buses would cost Rs.
104 crore and the old ones would be replaced in a phased manner. Adding more,
the minister said that the Volvo buses would ply apart from various cities of
Punjab on the Delhi Airport, Jaipur, Katra routes and from Chandigarh to
Amritsar, Ludhiana, Pathankot, Ferozpur and Hoshiarpur routes. The minister
also divulged that all these new buses would start operating by September 2018
end at the state and interstate routes.
The
minister also said that with the plying of new buses the transport department
would add Rs. 160 crore to its coffers per year and also with the commencing of
operations by these buses the trend of illegal plying of buses by the private
operators would be put to a stop.
Aruna
Chaudhary further added that the Transport Department has also decided to add
under the Kilometer Scheme 31 ordinary and 11 super integral coach AC buses in
its fleet which would soon be plying on the various routes. Adding more, the
minister said that as part of the future plans under the Integrated Depot
Management System all the depots of the Punjab Roadways would undergo
computerization at a cost of Rs. 21,27,00000 and the 1800 buses would see the
implementation of the Real Time Passenger Information System besides
E-Ticketing. The minister further elaborated that this would lead to the data
bases of the ticketing machines and online reservations and counter booking
data being brought on a single platform resulting in the facilitation of the
public and financial gain to the department.
On
the occasion, the Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Labour Minister,
Punjab, Balbir Singh Sidhu said that the addition of new buses would provide
better travelling amenities to the people while also saving time. Adding more,
he said that the city bus service would soon make its debut in S.A.S. Nagar and
the project is in the final stages. This would prove beneficial to the city
residents and the people coming from outside too.
Among
others present on the occasion included Principal Secretary, Transport, Punjab,
Sarvjit Singh, Director Transport Bhupinder Singh Rai, Political Secretary to Balbir
Singh Sidhu, Harkesh Chand Sharma Machhli Kalan, SDM Jagdeep Sehgal, District
Social Security Officer Ravinder Singh Rahi, General Managers of the various
depots of Punjab Roadways and officers of the transport department.
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